Native Nations, Ancient Paths: The True Story of the Oregon Trail

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…But in that moment, watching them against the backdrop of the immense, indifferent sky, she saw not a threat, but another people navigating the same vast, unforgiving continent. The trail, she was beginning to realize, was not just a path for them, but a disruption, a tearing of the fabric of a world that had existed long before their wagons began to roll. The sheer number of them, the endless parade of white canvas and straining animals, was a force that was irrevocably altering the land, and the lives of those who called it home. It was a realization that settled in her heart with the same weight as the dust that coated their wagon.